Clawson, who won a Grammy Award in 1981 and has sung for 60 years, performed several songs for the 270-plus people attending, including “The Rose” and “For the Beauty of the Earth.”

“All of these people attending, I felt like I was family to them,” said Clawson, who lives in Houston and graduated from Howard Payne University. “My (late) mother (Virginia) went to Hardin-Simmons many years ago.”

Hardin-Simmons sophomore Holly Lewis, who has family in Colorado City, received the one-time Round Table $2,000 scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. The 26-year-old biology major and biochemistry minor is in the school’s Honors and Service society and volunteers for Meals on Wheels, Medical Mission and Hendrick Hospice Care.

In her spare time, she also donates blood regularly, tutors HSU students and runs half marathons, Round Table President Marsha Hammack said.

“It’s an honor to feel like these women think that I’m a good representative of Hardin-Simmons,” said Lewis, who married Axel Lewis, a 2010 HSU grad, in December. “I feel at home here and experience so much of myself growing here. I’m thankful to receive this scholarship and look forward to sharing the legacy of HSU women with the world.”

Rosa Lee Prichard, who graduated from HSU in 1958 majoring in secretarial science and religion, captured the event’s Virtue Award. Hammack said the award recognizes a woman who exhibits “wisdom, honor, dignity and knowledge.”

Hammack also said Prichard had served on four HSU boards — Alumni board of directors, Board of Young Associates, Board of Development and Board of Trustees — over the years and frequently can still be seen cheering on Cowboy athletes.

“Very humbling,” Prichard said of receiving the award. “I love Hardin-Simmons. I enjoyed my four years here and met my (late) husband here, and we’ve been involved in sports and music activities ever since.”

The Round Table is an organization of wives of HSU faculty, staff and administration. It was started by founding member Lucile Sandefer, whose husband, J.D. Sandefer, was the college’s first president from 1909 to 1940.